The warm weather yesterday was stirring a lot of things into action. These are frogs that were making a lot of croaking noise. I only realised they were there because of the sounds coming from the pond....

And this was a Brimstone....

There were also some ladybirds about, but I failed to get any snaps of them.

Planted out some stuff yesterday, on the assurance of Mystic Met that we'd have rain overnight. But no rain , so I need to do some watering today. Think I might cut the grass first too, while it's dry.

The warm weather yesterday brought many of the animals to life. Some frogs...

Several here too, being noisy, croaking away. Took a couple of snaps. Haven't looked at them yet. I'll post them tomorrow morning.

Just popping outside again to do a bit of tidying up....collecting flower pots etc. Am tempted to cut the grass. The grass is dry and relatively short. In a few days time it will be wet and growing fast. But it's too late in the day for me to start that job.

I'm up extra early this morning. Fed the birds, it was light, with a lovely moon (half full). It was frosty, but no more nightly frost (at least of major significance).

So I've got a busy morning planned. Want to get some stuff that's been in the greenhouse planted out; to make room for some baby seedlings. Planting needs to be completed today as rain is forecast for the next several days. Also want to unwrap some plants that have been wrapped up for the Winter - dahlias and such.

Keep busy. But don't work too hard. And take frequent breaks for refreshments, and checking your computer, etc .

Am very envious about chain saws on poles. I use a pruning saw on a pole, which can be hard work. It only cuts branches upto about 4inches, but I use it a lot. Thinking about a possible purchase of an electric/battery one.

That was a lovely day.

Plan your work, and work the plan. That's just what I did.

I planned to stop work at lunch time, and spend the afternoon in the deckchair. So spent the afternoon sitting in the sun, pleasantly reading Carl Sagan's Contact.

I've grown several of the T&M tree lilies, though not that paricular viariety, which is possibly new this year. All of those that I have grown flowered well in the first year. I was very pleased with all of them.

I grow mine in pots, because I have poorly drained clay soil. Pots also help to protect the developing shoots from slugs. Slugs are very partial to lily shoots. The downside of tree lilies in pots is that the lilies can (and do) blow over in strong winds

I originally put 3 bulbs of each variety into 14" pots. The bulbs need to be planted deep. Those pots were good for a couple of years, but tree lilies do get considerably larger in the following years. So I eventually had to repot into 16" pots.